Street Photography: The City at Night

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Free Online Course: Street Photography: The City at Night provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Street Photography: The City at Night is taught by Steve Simon.

Overview
  • Explore the challenges and creative options behind street shooting after dark on the streets, beaches, and outer boroughs of New York.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome to the city at night
    1. Brooklyn Bridge Park
    • Establishing the first location from the Brooklyn Bridge
    • Taking the first shots of the skyline at night
    • Shooting at night with long-exposure noise reduction
    • Shooting subjects with a cityscape background
    • Critiquing the first night shots
    2. Brighton Beach Boardwalk
    • Shooting scenes from a low-light boardwalk
    • Shooting subject at night on the beach
    • Shooting subjects in front of low-light boardwalk businesses
    • Reviewing the shots from the beach boardwalk
    3. Urban Street Scenes
    • Establishing the location for a low-light mural shot
    • Shooting subjects in low light with a mural background
    • Shooting subjects at night with reflected light
    • Panning with a moving subject
    • Posing a subject in a good low-light street scene
    • Critiquing the urban low-light street shots
    4. City Night Light Trails
    • Shooting city night-light trails
    • Shooting an unconventional night skyline photo
    • Zeroing out camera settings after a complex shoot
    • Reviewing the light trails shots
    5. Final Selects
    • Looking at the final selects from the city at night